Thanks, John. I will look under my 1995 and see if I can locate the bolts you mention. I am not sure though which bolts you re referring to - we saw three bolts on either side and two bolts at the rear. Two of the bolts - on the sides - the rear ones - are through a round piece. The ones forward just seem to bolt thru the frame. Are these what you are pointing out? But it does make sense from what we saw already. that the rear of the frame would lower while the front of the frame seems to be part of more frame into the front part of the car. Is this correct, what I am seeing is what you are directing me to?
AND - I am so glad someone more experienced than I has the same idea I had, about trying to get the bushing around the bolt.
HOW do I then glue? the two parts of the rubber together? Epoxy? What would you suggest?
As I said above I did find a man who works at the local AutoZone who said he has replaced a number of these bushings on different cars. He said it takes 1-1/2 to 2 hours. And he said that the gasket just slides onto the bolt and does not have to be pressed on. I'll ask him on Monday if he has experience with this particular car model.
This time frame he said is considerably less than the mechanic who quoted me in the high $200 range. But then, that mechanic quoted me $90 to change the transmission fluid and pan gasket, when a nearby Transmission shop would do it for $50.
That mechanic has been good to me for small items before - I just have to pick and choose whom I see, and let them know I am knowledgeable already. Getting info from folks here is very helpful.
I'll let you know what happens with what I can do. Thanks again to both of you.
Lou